These are such wonderful companions to the series of books and a fantastic introduction for kids.

I read this book when I was little and I recall the story being very good, but to this day I still remember how wonderful I thought the illustrations.

❤️

A lovely version of Little House in the Big Woods for young children.

This is the PERFECT book to introduce little ones to the Ingalls and life in Laura's family. Readers of Wilder's books will recognize snippets of longer stories included here, like visitors during the summer, a bit about the work necessary on a homestead, and Pa finding a honey tree. But it's brief enough that it will hold a preschooler's attention. The artwork is gorgeous!

12/26/2017 Read with Naomi & Julia.
12/9/18 Naomi read to Julia & me

The illustrations are beautiful; the story has definitely been simplified for a younger child but it still has the neat turn of phrase here or there. I'd like to read more in this series.

These Little House illustrations just may be the best I've ever seen in my entire life of reading. They are so amazingly perfect I can't put into words how I feel. You really get a feeling when you look at them, some sort of peaceful feeling that isn't the norm, at least for me, when looking at the pictures in any kind of book. The illustrations get 5 stars by themselves.
The story is slightly lacking IMO. I wish there would have been more. More excitement. More detail maybe. Just more.
I believe the books are good for kids though, if only to show some differences between life now and life then.
Seeing two little girls under a tree playing with dolls instead of watching cartoons is important I think. Seeing a little girl bringing her Father lunch while he works in the field is important. There's a lot of importance in these books but IMO that's found more in the illustrations than in the text.

Ada choose this 2/09 and it is a very nice introduction to Laura Ingalls Wilder. There is a whole series and she likes them all so far! Fun.

This was basically one of the scenes from Little House in the Big Woods, just written a lot more simply for little kids. I absolutely loved the illustrations!

SM

My mom read this to me when I was very little, so the nostalgia factor is strong here. I love the artwork very much. A sweet and simple book for introducing toddlers to Laura Ingalls.